The U.S. Needs a Real Partner in the New Japanese Prime Minister By Bruce Klingner and Derek Scissors, Ph.D. The Heritage Foundation As dependable as the tide, a new prime minister has washed ashore in Japan. Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda is the latest iteration of what has become an annual ritual of Japanese leadership change. [...]
The U.S. Needs a Real Partner in the New Japanese Prime Minister By Bruce Klingner and Derek Scissors, Ph.D. The Heritage Foundation As dependable as the tide, a new prime minister has washed ashore in Japan. Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda is the latest iteration of what has become an annual ritual of Japanese leadership change. [...]
Flashing Red: European Debt Crisis Signals Collapse of Social Welfare State By James Roberts and J.D. Foster, Ph.D. The Heritage Foundation Europe’s socialist (or “social democratic”) welfare state is collapsing under the load of unsustainable debt. There is no chance European politicians will ever make good on the many costly and unfunded entitlements they have [...]
U.S. Credit Rating Downgraded: Now They’ve Done It By J.D. Foster, Ph.D. The Heritage Foundation Late on Friday, August 5, Standard & Poor’s (S&P) downgraded the United States credit rating from AAA, and really best in class, to AA+. In one fell swoop, S&P sent two separate and powerful messages. First, as The Heritage Foundation [...]
US On The Road To Greece: Armageddon After Debt Ceiling Deal By Vojin Joksimovich, Ph.D. Modern Tokyo Times I have followed American politics for some 40 years. It is difficult to remember a more dismal episode in American politics than the negotiations between President Obama and top congressional leaders aimed at averting the debt default. [...]
After Oslo: Lessons for the United States By James Jay Carafano, Ph.D. The Heritage Foundation Last Friday, tragedy struck Oslo, Norway, as homegrown terrorist Anders Behring Breivik detonated a car bomb in the heart of the city and then traveled to a nearby island and opened fire on a youth camp. In a mere [...]
China’s Economy Weakens: Implications for the U.S. By Derek Scissors, Ph.D. The Heritage Foundation China compiled its economic data for the first half of the year in less than two weeks. This is not nearly enough time to survey 1.36 billion people unless very powerful assumptions are made. The State Statistical Bureau (SSB) routinely makes very [...]
The Human Tragedy of Illegal Immigration: Greater Efforts Needed to Combat Smuggling and Violence By Ray Walser, Ph.D. , Jena Baker McNeill and Jessica Zuckerman The Heritage Foundation Abstract: Over the past 10 years, traversing the U.S.–Mexico border illegally has become increasingly dangerous for would-be immigrants. Illegal immigrants face kidnapping, murder, and rape at the [...]
Why Does America Welcome Immigrants? By Matthew Spalding, Ph.D. The Heritage Foundation By the very nature of the principles upon which it was founded, the United States—more than any other nation in history—beckons to its shores the downtrodden, the persecuted, and all those “yearning to breathe free.” It embraces those who come to this country [...]
Turkey after the Elections: Implications for U.S. Foreign Policy By Sally McNamara and Ariel Cohen, Ph.D. The Heritage Foundation Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) is on course to secure a third consecutive victory in parliamentary elections this weekend. Polls are predicting that the AKP could secure up to [...]
The Role of the United States in Southern Sudan’s Referendum By Morgan Roach and Ray Walser, Ph.D. The Heritage Foundation On January 9, southern Sudanese voted for their independence from the government in Khartoum. In the days leading up to the referendum, the international community feared delay, bloodshed, or the complete breakdown of the peace [...]
Time for America to Get Cyber-Serious By Paul Rosenzweig and James Carafano, Ph.D. The Heritage Foundation The online threats facing America read like an ever-expanding encyclopedia of dangers to the freedoms, prosperity, and security of all Americans. Cybersecurity has become a crucial component of national security. Responses to cyber threats, however, have largely lagged [...]
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